MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes online.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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